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Group of A. cicutarium. Venation pinnate. Fronds various in size, texture 

 thinly herbaceous, colour Iright-green, ultimate divisions finely cut. Sp. 145-155. 



145. A. triphyllum, Presl ; st. tufted, 1-2 in. 1., slender, spreading ; fr. 6-9 in. 

 1., ^-f in. br., with numerous pinnae on each side, cut down into 3 or 5 stalked 

 linear or oblong-spathulate pinnl. in. 1. ; texture herbaceous ; rachis slender^ 

 wide-rambling, often gemmiferous ; veins one in each pinnl. ; sori 1-2 on the 

 disk of each. A. herbaceum, Fee. /3, A. sessilifolium, Desv. ; rachis stronger ; 

 pinnce distant, with usually three spathulate pinnl., the terminal one in. br. 

 A. imbricatum, Hk. & Gr. t. 165. A. ternatum, Presl. y, compactum, Hk. ; 

 texture subcoriaceous ; rachis firm, erect; pinnce close ; pinnl. more numerous ; 

 sori copious. Hk. Sp. 3. p. 203. 



Hab. Andes of Ecuador and Peru. Pinnae usually consisting of three, or at most of 

 five, nearly equal divisions. 



146. A. repens, Hk. ; st. wide-scattered, very slender, very short ; fr. 1-2 in. 1., 

 \ in. br., ovate-lanceolate, bi- or tripinnatifid ; pinnce horizontal, 3-4 on each 

 side, cut down to the rachis into broad cuneate pinnl., which are sharply toothed 

 on the outer edge and sometimes deeply cleft ; texture tbinly herbaceous ; rachis 

 naked ; veins simple or forked in each pinnl. ; sori oblong, solitary. Hk. Sp. 3. 

 p. 194. 2nd Cent. t. 31. 



Hab. Andes of Ecuador, Jameson and Spruce. 



147. A. delicatulum, Presl ; st. tufted, 1-2 in. 1,, slender, ebeneous \fr. 3-4 in.l., 

 2-3 in. br., subdeltoid, tripiunate, with several deltoid pinnce on each side, the 

 lowest of which are 1 in. or more 1., f in. br. ; pinnl. deltoid ; ult. segm. linear, 

 1 lin. 1., j Hn. br. ; texture thinly herbaceous ; rachis compressed, flaccid ; a vein 

 to each segm. ; sori few, scattered, short. Hk. Sp. 3. p. 182. Ic. PI. t. 915. 



Hab. Peru, Venezuela, N. Granada, Brazil. 



148. A. divaricatum, Kunze ; st. tufted, very short ; fr. 4-6 in. 1., 1^-2 in. br., 

 oblong-lanceolate, with numerous close-placed pinnce on each side, which are 

 \-\ in. 1., j in. br., cut down to the rachis into numerous pinnl. not more than 

 1 lin. br. ; segm. linear-oblong, not toothed; texture membranaceous; rachis 

 very slender, ebeneous ; veins one to each segm. ; sori solitary. Hk. Sp. 3. 

 p. 204. 



Hab. Chili and Peru. Very doubtfully distinct from A. myriophyllum. 



149. A. Gibertianum, Hk. ; st. tufted, very short, compressed ; fr. 6-8 in. 1., 

 1 in. br., caudate at the apex, with numerous close-placed pinnce on each side, 

 the largest ^ in. 1., j in. br., ovate-rhomboidal, broadest on the upper side, cut 

 down to tlfe rachis into simple linear sharp-pointed or broader flabellately 

 incised pinnl. ; texture herbaceous ; rachis green, much compressed and with a 

 broad wing on each side all the way down ; veins one to each segm. ; sori one at 

 the base of each segm. Hk. Sp. 3. p. 199. 2nd Cent. t. 22. 



Hab. Paraguay ; gathered by M. Gibert. A stronger and more regular-growing plant 

 than the rest of the group, with a very peculiar rachis. 



150. A. Colensoi, Hk. fil. ; st. tufted, 3-4 in. 1., firm, erect, clothed throughout 

 with small scales ; fr. 4-5 in. 1., 2 in. br., with numerous rather rigid erecto- 

 patent pinnce, the lower on stalks j-^in. 1. ; lower pinnl. spreading, deeply inciso- 

 pinnatifid, with linear segm. ; texture herbaceous ; rachis slightly scaly ; one vein 

 to each segm. ; sori oblong, solitary. Ic. PL t. 984. 



Hab. New Zealand. This is somewhat more rigid in texture than the rest of the 

 group, but seems on the whole best placed here. 



